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  • Title: Biochemical and structural characterization of a novel class of inhibitors of the type 1 insulin-like growth factor and insulin receptor kinases.
    Author: Bell IM, Stirdivant SM, Ahern J, Culberson JC, Darke PL, Dinsmore CJ, Drakas RA, Gallicchio SN, Graham SL, Heimbrook DC, Hall DL, Hua J, Kett NR, Kim AS, Kornienko M, Kuo LC, Munshi SK, Quigley AG, Reid JC, Trotter BW, Waxman LH, Williams TM, Zartman CB.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 2005 Jul 12; 44(27):9430-40. PubMed ID: 15996097.
    Abstract:
    The type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) is often overexpressed on tumor cells and is believed to play an important role in anchorage-independent proliferation. Additionally, cell culture studies have indicated that IGF-1R confers increased resistance to apoptosis caused by radiation or chemotherapeutic agents. Thus, inhibitors of the intracellular kinase domain of this receptor may have utility for the clinical treatment of cancer. As part of an effort to develop clinically useful inhibitors of IGF-1R kinase, a novel class of pyrrole-5-carboxaldehyde compounds was investigated. The compounds exhibited selectivity against the closely related insulin receptor kinase intrinsically and in cell-based assays. The inhibitors formed a reversible, covalent adduct at the kinase active site, and treatment of such adducts with sodium borohydride irreversibly inactivated the enzyme. Analysis of a tryptic digest of a covalently modified IGF-1R kinase fragment revealed that the active site Lys1003 had been reductively alkylated with the aldehyde inhibitor. Reductive alkylation of the insulin receptor kinase with one of these inhibitors led to a similarly inactivated enzyme which was examined by X-ray crystallography. The crystal structure confirmed the modification of the active site lysine side chain and revealed details of the key interactions between the inhibitor and enzyme.
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